1956_United_States_Senate_election_in_Kansas
1956 United States Senate election in Kansas
Election in Kansas
The 1956 United States Senate election in Kansas took place on November 6, 1956. Incumbent Republican Senator Frank Carlson won re-election to a second term.
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Primary elections were held on August 7, 1956.[1]
Democratic primary
Candidates
- Paul L. Aylward, lawyer[2]
- George Hart, furrier,[3] Democratic candidate for Lieutenant Governor of Kansas in 1954
- Fred Kilian, farmer[4]
- Marlyn Korf, farmer[5]
Withdrew
- A. L. Oswald, lawyer[5]
Results
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | George Hart | 54,553 | 40.35 | |
Democratic | Paul L. Aylward | 54,085 | 40.00 | |
Democratic | Fred Kilian | 16,384 | 12.12 | |
Democratic | Marlyn Korf | 10,176 | 7.53 | |
Total votes | 135,198 |
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Republican primary
Candidates
- Frank Carlson, incumbent U.S. Senator
- Walter I. Biddle, judge[2]
Results
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Frank Carlson (incumbent) | 215,364 | 77.91 | |
Republican | Walter I. Biddle | 61,053 | 22.09 | |
Total votes | 274,617 |
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Results
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Frank Carlson (Incumbent) | 477,822 | 57.90 | |
Democratic | George Hart | 333,939 | 40.46 | |
Prohibition | C. Floyd Hester | 13,519 | 1.64 | |
Majority | 143,883 | 17.44 | ||
Turnout | 825,280 | |||
Republican hold | ||||
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- "Gubernatorial Vote in Kansas Stirs Interest". Evening star. Washington, D.C. August 5, 1956. p. A-6. Retrieved October 28, 2022.
- "Primaries". Evening star. Washington, D.C. August 8, 1956. p. A-4. Retrieved October 28, 2022.
- "Democrats Wait Official Count In Kansas Race". Evening star. Washington, D.C. August 9, 1956. p. A-5. Retrieved October 28, 2022.
- "Wamego Farmer attacks Ike's administration". Arkansas City Daily Traveler. Arkansas City, Kansas. April 11, 1956. p. 1. Retrieved October 28, 2022.
- "One Less Candidate?". Garden City Telegram. Garden City, Kansas. March 9, 1956. p. 1. Retrieved October 28, 2022.
- Congressional Quarterly 1998, p. 121.
- "KS US Senate, 1956 - D Primary". Our Campaigns. Retrieved October 28, 2022.
- "KS US Senate, 1956 - R Primary". Our Campaigns. Retrieved October 28, 2022.
- Congressional Quarterly 1998, p. 87.
- "KS US Senate, 1956". Our Campaigns. Retrieved October 28, 2022.
- Clerk of the House of Representatives (1958). "Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 6, 1956" (PDF). U.S. Government Printing Office. Retrieved October 2, 2022.
- Congressional Elections, 1946-1996. Washington, D.C.: Congressional Quarterly Inc. 1998. ISBN 1-56802-248-4.